Meet Our Coaches

Wanting to make his body stronger, faster, and overall more fit, John expanded his martial arts training with CrossFit methodology due to his introduction to the system by his teacher, Sensei Chapman (box owner of JSACF), and witnessing the effects it had on his buddy Jeff’s body and performance in Aikido. After…

Kalah has played a variety of sports since she was 5 years old -- focusing in particular on soccer, basketball, track & field, and cross-country running. Four years ago, she began training in the Japanese martial art, Aikido, and soon after started incorporating CrossFit workouts into her exercise regime in…

As a 12 year old boy, Seth was introduced to lifting weights and has never looked back. During high school, he was very involved with football, powerlifting and, strangely enough, tennis. However, Seth's love for powerlifting (i.e. picking things up and putting them down) was greater than his love for…

Wanting to prepare his body for the duties of being a firefighter, Hunter began working out in the CrossFit methodology after being introduced to it by his brother. After working out at a different CrossFit box for over a year, Hunter moved to Denton and began attending CrossFit Denton in…

In Texas, football is a religion. Kenny was a standout player in high school and was recruited by several colleges. After much deliberation, he accepted an invitation to walk-on at the University of North Texas. So he moved to Denton and was put into UNT’s "Developmental Program." However, a car accident later…

Growing up Kari was always very active, trying out various sports, but her main love was horseback riding. During college she competed on the Sam Houston Stock Horse Team and worked on a local horse farm. After college she spent time working with a personal trainer but realized that it…

When I was younger, I was not very active or athletic. I worked out periodically in big box gyms, but never for anything more than aesthetics. As a gift for graduation from high school, I received a road bicycle that I rode everywhere for a little over a year, which…